Abstract Nouns

Grammar work

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AbstractNouns

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A noun is a naming word.
It can be a person, a place or a thing
There are two nouns in this sentence:
Greed often leads to unhappiness

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greed
unhappiness
These nouns are
called
abstract
because
you cannot see,
touch, hear or
smell them

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Abstractnouns
are things but you cannot,
touch, feel, hear or smell them.
fear
greed
house
anger
•fear
•greed
•anger
Identify the abstract nouns in this list:

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Change the words on the left into abstract nouns:
deliver (y)
embarrass (ment)
intelligent (ence)
beautiful (y)
courageous (age)
victorious (y)
active (ity)
conclude (ion)
imagine (ation)
delivery
embarrassment
intelligence
beauty
courage
victory
activity
conclusion
imagination

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Change the words on the left into abstract nouns:
appoint (ment)
happy (ness)
friend (ship)
disturb (ance)
begin (ing)
remove (al)
able (ity)
clumsy (ness)
invade (ion)
proud (ide)
appointment
happiness
friendship
disturbance
beginning
removal
ability
clumsiness
invasion
pride

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honesty
year
hunger, thirst
days, weeks
Honesty should be rewarded.
This has been a good year
for strawberries.
The day and weeks flew
by for the children.
The prisoners were suffering
from hunger and thirst.
Identify the abstract nouns in this list: